Table I.
Distribution of 148 melanoma cases 53 healthy controls according to sociodemografic variables and main clinical characteristics.
| Melanoma cases | Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | No. (%) | No. (%) | χ2 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 90 (60.8) | 25 (47.2) | |
| Female | 58 (39.2) | 28 (52.8) | P=0.09 |
| Age, years | |||
| <50 | 32 (21.6) | 27 (50.9) | |
| 50–59 | 52 (35.1) | 18 (34.0) | |
| ≥60 | 64 (43.2) | 8 (15.1) | P<0.01 |
| Hystological subtype | |||
| Suderficially spreading | 68 (46.0) | ||
| Nodular | 80 (54.0) | ||
| Breslow thickness, mm | |||
| ≤2.0 | 73 (49.3) | ||
| 2.1–4.0 | 42 (28.4) | ||
| >4.0 | 33 (22.3) | ||
| Clark's level | |||
| 2. Invasion of basal layer epidermis | 64 (43.2) | ||
| 3. Invasion of papillary dermis | 58 (39.2) | ||
| 4. Invasion of reticular dermis | 14 (9.5) | ||
| 5. Invasion of subcutaneous fat | 12 (8.1) | ||
| Ulcerated lesion | |||
| No | 82 (55.4) | ||
| Yes | 61 (41.2) | ||
| Not evaluated | 5 (3.4) | ||
| Sentinel lymphonode | |||
| Negative | 93 (62.8) | ||
| Positive | 55 (37.2) | ||
| BRAF | |||
| Wild-type | 62 (41.9) | ||
| Mutated | 86 (58.1) |